Armenian dies in Aleppo

An Armenian died in Aleppo in a bombing initiated by the armed rebels on December 17.
“Armenpress” reports about this citing “The Beroea News” facebook page. 62-year old Nazareth Trezhian was killed on his way back to home from his workplace. The funeral of the deceased Armenian will take place today on December 18 in the Armenian Apostolic
Church of Holy Theotokos of Aleppo.

As reports “Armenpress” citing Al Jazeera, at least 125 people killed and scores injured by army air raids on rebel districts in Aleppo city.

Meanwhile, the United Nations sent its first delivery of humanitarian aid by air to Syria from Iraq on Sunday and said it plans to deliver more food and winter supplies to the mainly Kurdish northeast in the next 12 days.

The first cargo plane carrying food took off from Arbil in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region heading to Hassakeh in Syria.

The food supplies over the next 12 days should be able to feed more than 6,000 Syrian families for the rest of December, the UN’s World Food Programme said. This is the third winter since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011.

“We witnessed today the first flight that took place from Arbil International Airport to Qamishli city, which is populated by Kurdish inhabitants in Syria. This is the first flight to be conducted in this manner,” Dindar Zibari, deputy head of Kurdistan’s Foreign Relations
Department, told journalists at the airport.

The 12-day airlift, involving various UN agencies, will include 400 tonnes of food and 196 kg of medical kits, he said.

“We hope also by the beginning of January this air shipment and air cargo will continue to Syria. This is something the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) fully supports because it will possibly reach the most needy vulnerable families inside Syria,” he added.

Both governments gave permission for the aid flights which will also include supplies of non-food items such as blankets, clothes and medicine in the coming days.

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